Movies by Aline MacMahon

Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.

The Heart of New York

The Heart of New York

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.

Silver Dollar

Silver Dollar

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

Kind Lady

Kind Lady

Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.

Week-End Marriage

Week-End Marriage

In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.

Side Streets

Side Streets

A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.

Tish

Tish

In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.

Big Hearted Herbert

Big Hearted Herbert

After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.

The Mouthpiece

The Mouthpiece

A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.

The Mighty McGurk

The Mighty McGurk

A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from England to New York's Bowery District.

Seeds of Freedom

Seeds of Freedom

Archive footage from Potemkin (1925), with English dialogue dubbed in by American actors, is combined with new footage to tie together the brave stand of Odessa Russian guerrilla bands of the 1940's against German forces with the similar situation of 1905 when Odessa citizens aided in the revolt against the Czar as depicted in Eisenstein's classic Potemkin (1925).

The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story

Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.

I Live My Life

I Live My Life

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.